Comparative Adult Education 2008

Contents: Jost Reischmann/Michal Bron Jr: Introduction - Jost Reischmann: Comparative Adult Education: Arguments, Typology, Difficulties - Mark Bray: The Multifaceted Field of Comparative Education: Evolution, Themes, Actors, and Applications - Alexander N. Charters: Reflections on Background of Comparative Adult Education. A personal account - Lore Arthur: Networking and Intercultural Communication: Postmodern Challenges for International Comparative Adult Education - Michal Bron Jr: Obstacles and Pitfalls. Inherent and Self-styled Dangers in Comparative Studies - Barbara Merrill/Agnieszka Bron: Lessons Learned from European Projects: Generality Versus Particularity - Katarina Popovic: International Projects and Comparative Adult Education: The Example of EBiS - Tony Holland/Bob Pithers/Liam Morgan: Teaching Chinese Adults the Western Way: A Cross-Cultural Challenge - John M. Peters/Gloria Latham/Betty Ragland/Robert C. Donaghy: Three Cultures of Teaching and Learning: Dialoguing across Continents - John Henschke: Opportunities and Pitfalls in International Cooperation. Lessons Learned in the Cooperative Development of Lifelong Learning Strategies of an US and South African University - Hasmik Hunanyan: Lifelong Learning - a Challenge for Higher Education: A Comparative Study of a German and an Armenian University - Wolfgang Müller-Commichau: Contemporary Jewish Adult Education in Germany, Israel and the United States - Barry Hake: Comparative Policy Analysis and Lifelong Learning Narratives: The «Employability Agenda» from a Life-Course Perspective - Roger Morris: Mechanics' Institutes in the United Kingdom, North America and Australasia: A Comparative Perspective - Mejai Avoseh: A Comparative Review of Lifelong Learning in Traditional African and Native American Indigenous Education - Sigvart Tøsse: The Changing Relations Between Civil Society, State and Market in the Nordic Popular Adult Education. A Comparative Investigation of Trends in Denmark, Sweden and

The Editors: Jost Reischmann is President of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE). He is Chair of Andragogy at Bamberg University (Germany).
Michal Bron jr is ISCAE's Board Member directing ISCAE's conferences and publications. He is associate professor and senior research librarian at the Södertörn University College, Uppsala (Sweden).